but

a) Cuban Linx gets muddled in the slang and 5% speak

b) and its reasonably clear that many of the elements are fictional

c) Ghost and Rae dont pretty it up

whereas Jay made hustling sound like being a junior analyst...nor did he obscure his boasts in vague references and slang or made up characters like Wu did...

Ghost and Rae even described the record as fantasy, despite the realism, in their interviews...

Jay lets the listener know that "*I*, Jay-Z/Shawn Carter, am a drug dealer. A kingpin, actually. Right now as I stand in the booth, I sell cocaine. That is my profession. I make enormous amounts of cash doing it and I am rapping only to legtimize myself...."


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